{
  "id": 816845,
  "title": "Warming exacerbates fungal pathogenicity to drive physiological collapse and microbiome reorganization in octocorals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/warming-exacerbates-fungal-pathogenicity-to-drive-physiological",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-13T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.12.744400v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Corals are increasingly threatened by climate change, yet the interplay between ocean warming and fungal infection remains experimentally underexplored. Here, we demonstrate that thermal stress exacerbates the pathogenicity of the fungus Aspergillus sydowii, driving physiological collapse and functional reorganization in the octocoral Sclerophytum sp. We deployed a 34-day mesocosm heat-stress…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}